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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* [[Akira Toriyama]] often did this in ''[[Dr. Slump]]''.
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* In ''[[Cerebus]]'', Dave Sim does this. He even has conversations with Cerebus in which he's speaking in Cerebus' thought balloons with nothing to differentiate his words from Cerebus', and yet somehow always manages to make it clear which of them is speaking at any time.
* In ''[[Concrete]]'', creator [[Author Avatar|Paul Chadwick]] steps into one story to basically give the character of Concrete some time off: He turns him back into a human, gives him some time alone with Maureen, then [[Kissing Discretion Shot|tells us the reader to give them some privacy]] while he conjures up some crazy artwork out of thin air and spends some quiet time creating little worlds. He has also spent time away from proper plots to imagine crazy little things like what would happen if Concrete left a trail of himself everywhere he went...
* A one-shot ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' comic that was an extended tribute to [[Jack Kirby]] featured Donatello meeting [[Tuckerization|cartoonist named Kirby]] who'd found a magic crystal that, when tied to his pen, allowed anything he drew with it to come to life. Donatello and Kirby end up being pulled into Kirby's comic book world, and they get caught up in a battle between Kirby's heroic characters and his evil characters. Kirby helps Donatello and the heroic characters defeat the villains by drawing special weapons for Donatello to use and eventually binding all the villains with specially designed shackles. The story ends with Donatello returning to New York, although Kirby [[I Choose to Stay|chooses to stay]] so that Don can return and gives him a sketch as a parting gift.
== [[Film]] ==
* Christof in ''[[The Truman Show]]'' is an interesting example. Truman is not a fictional character, but every aspect of his life, including the people around him, is controlled by Christof. In the film's climax {{spoiler|Christof ''[[Cue the Sun|makes the sun rise]]'' in order to stop Truman's escape.}}
* The Black Beast in ''[[Monty Python and
* In ''Delirious'', a soap opera writer gets hit on the head and [[Trapped in TV Land|wakes up as a character inside his own show]]. His typewriter comes with him, and he can use it to alter and plan out events in the show, even affecting other characters' behavior. However, a rival author has been hired to write show scripts as well, leading to a rare case of someone with
== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Robert Heinlein]]'s ''The Number of the Beast''. Near the end the characters think they may be up against an Author: a truly worrisome thought, because the characters know that the universe is created from the imagination of authors.
* [[Played for Laughs]] in [[Spike Milligan]]'s novel ''Puckoon'', where Dan, the lead character, has frequent arguments with the narrator ("Did you write these legs? Who wrote ''your'' legs?"). At the end of the book the narrator has the last laugh by leaving Dan [[Tethercat Principle|stuck up a tree forever]].
* [[Kurt Vonnegut]] makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Breakfast of Champions]]'', and demonstrates his
* [[Robert Rankin]] sometimes appears in his own [[Far Fetched Fiction]] with
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S6
** Taken a stage further by the [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel ''Conundrum'', where the new Master is the book's narrator, thereby adding [[Medium Awareness]].
* ''[[Young Blades]]'', which is very loosely based on [[Alexandre Dumas]]' ''[[The Three Musketeers (novel)|The Three Musketeers]]'', features Dumas as a character in the series finale who explains to the main characters that he is writing their story.
== [[Music]] ==
* Taken to [[Hilarity Ensues|hilarious]] extremes in the song [http://www.lyricstime.com/breckman-andy-railroad-bill-lyrics.html "Railroad Bill"]{{Dead link}}
== [[Radio]] ==
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== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
* ''[[Dungeons
** Adventure WG7 ''Castle Greyhawk''. One of the dungeon levels has the author of that level being [[The Omnipotent|omnipotent]] and interacting with the [[PC
** The April Fools section of Dragon magazine #36 has the Dungeon Master (the person who creates an adventure) as a monster who has the power of a deity.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[Bob and George]]''. the Author is [[Author Guest Spot|an occasional cast member]] of the comic. The cast of the comic frequently gets into arguments with him, makes fun of the fact that sprite comics are all he can manage and generally treat him like a normal member of the cast. Never mind that he has been known to raise the dead in order to fix their mistakes and bend reality to suit the needs of the plot.
* In ''[[Books Don't Work Here]]''. the Author is the narrator and takes an active hand in directing the characters. Not that it does him a lot of good most of the time.
* Some of the ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' filler strips feature Dan Shive interacting with the characters and warping reality, usually dishing out [[Gender Bender
* Played with in ''[[Homestuck]]''; while Andrew Hussie does exist in universe (and is even shown physically drawing the strip), he has stated that the extent of his interference in the story proper will be limited to "[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005558 exactly one yard]." {{spoiler|Turns out to be the length between [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|two fourth walls.]]}}
** He has also been shown not to be immune to the [[Psychic Powers]] of his characters, and has to cover up the [[No Fourth Wall|Fourth Wall]] when he's not using it to stop them from seeing him. [[Superpower Lottery|It's safe to say he's got the short end of the stick here.]]
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* As the [[Author Avatar|AuthorAvatars]], Kingwerewolf and Brogalio have control over ''[[Nintendo Acres]]'' but purposely restrict their direct involvement so the characters don't get lazy.
* The two authors in ''[[L's Empire|Ls Empire]]'' have all the powers that gods have and can also freeze time, create portals to anywhere, see the future, and manipulate the fabric of reality as they see fit. They have also written one character out of the comic multiple times. {{spoiler|This becomes problematic when [[God of Evil|Dark Star]] turns himself into an author.}}
* Christian Weston Chandler, creator of the infamous ''[[Sonichu]]'' webcomics, writes himself as the Mayor of the city the series is set in, gives himself all sorts of super-powers and eventually displaces the title character as the real star of the comic.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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